Team Chat

Zoom Team Chat allows you to send messages while outside of a meeting to contacts, groups, or entire channels. A 1-on-1 chat is a private, direct chat between you and another Zoom user. A group chat is a chat with two or more Zoom users. Chat channels can also be created and can be private or public. Private channels have invite-only membership and public channels are searchable and joinable by all members of an account.

Starting a One-on-One Chat or Group Chat

1. In the left menu, to the right of Team Chat, click the new chat icon.
2. In the To field on top of the meeting chat window, enter the other user's name or email address. Add additional names or email addresses as needed.
3. Type your message, press Enter or click the send icon in the lower-right corner of the chat compose box.

Creating or Joining Chat Channels

To create or join a Team Chat Channel, in the left menu, click the down arrow icon next to Team Chat. 

Create a Channel:

1. Click Create a Channel.
2. Enter a channel name, select channel visibility, add members, and enable desired permissions.

Join a Public Channel:

1. Click Join a Channel.
2. Use the search bar to find a channel.
3. (Optional) While hovering the cursor over the channel details, click Preview to see the channel description, members, and recent messages.
4. While hovering over the channel details, click Join. You will join the channel and can begin messaging those members.

Invite Chat Members to a Meeting

You can easily start a meeting from any chat conversation, which will automatically invite all members in a group chat or channel to a meeting.

1. Click the Team Chat tab.
2. Select a chat.
3. In the top-left corner of the chat window, click the video icon.
4. (Optional) Click the down arrow icon next to the video icon to decide if you want to meet with the video or not. This is simply the default for the meeting and participants can enable their videos after joining.
5. Click Yes to confirm inviting all members of the chat group or channel to a meeting.